Biography
Seu Jorge (born June 8, 1970) is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He is considered by his fans a renewer of Brazilian pop samba. Seu Jorge cites samba school, and American soul singer Stevie Wonder as major musical influences. Seu Jorge has gained exposure through his work as an actor and soundtrack composer. He appeared in the critically acclaimed film City of God as Mané Galinha, and then played Pelé Dos Santos in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, for which he provided much of the soundtrack in the form of Portuguese language cover versions of David Bowie classics.
Filmography
Cast Credits
The Best Mother in the World
Character: Leandro
MOVIE • 2025
Novela em Sinfonia
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025
Blue Carbon
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2024
Noah's Ark
Character: Deus (voice)
MOVIE • 2024
Anderson "The Spider" Silva
Character: Benedito
TV • 2023
How To Be a Carioca
Character: Francisco
TV • 2023
Asteroid City
Character: Other Cowboy
MOVIE • 2023
Marighella
Character: Carlos Marighella
TV • 2023
Executive Order
Character: André
MOVIE • 2022
Pixinguinha, an Affectionate Man
Character: Pixinguinha
MOVIE • 2021
September Mornings
Character: Lourenço
TV • 2021
Marighella
Character: Carlos Marighella
MOVIE • 2021
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Abe
Character: Chico
MOVIE • 2020
Irmãos - Seu Jorge & Alexandre Pires
Character: Ele Mesmo
MOVIE • 2020
Badi
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2019
Brotherhood
Character: Edison
TV • 2019
Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Character: Self
TV • 2019
Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
Paradise Lost
Character: Teylor
MOVIE • 2018
Crew
Crew Credits
Soundtrack
Role: Co-Producer
MOVIE • 2017
Brave Woman
Role: Theme Song Performance
TV • 2012
Hey, Did You Score?
Role: Associate Producer
MOVIE • 2012
The Model: Oshun and the Dream
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2010
The Model: Marcello in Limbo
Role: Music
MOVIE • 2010
Looking for Black Orpheus
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Role: Songs
MOVIE • 2004